Psalms 139
1 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!
2 You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
Thou knowest my sitting-down and my rising-up; Thou understandest my thoughts from afar!
3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Thou seest my path and my lying-down, And art acquainted with all my ways!
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.
For before the word is upon my tongue, Behold, O LORD! thou knowest it altogether!
5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
Thou besettest me behind and before, And layest thine hand upon me!
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain to it!
7 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit, And whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in the underworld, behold, thou art there! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the remotest parts of the sea,
10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me!
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me;” Even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to thee!
13 For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother's womb.
For thou didst form my reins; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvellous are thy works, And this my soul knoweth full well!
15 My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the low parts of the earth.
My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret. When I was curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
16 your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Thine eyes did see my substance, while yet unformed, And in thy book was every thing written; My days were appointed before one of them existed.
17 How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee!
19 Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, all of you bloody men.
O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God! Ye men of blood, depart from me!
20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly; Thine enemies utter thy name for falsehood.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? Do I not abhor them that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Yea, I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Search me, O God! and know my heart; Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if the way of trouble be within me, And lead me in the way everlasting!
